CVE-2012-2690

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

virt-edit in libguestfs before 1.18.0 does not preserve the permissions from the original file and saves the new file with world-readable permissions when editing, which might allow local guest users to obtain sensitive information.

virt-edit in libguestfs before 1.18.0 does not preserve the permissions from the original file and saves the new file with world-readable permissions when editing, which might allow local guest users to obtain sensitive information.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

libguestfs

First reported 12 years ago

2012-06-29 19:55:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-29 01:31:00

Affected Software

libguestfs 1.16.0

1.16.0

libguestfs 1.16.1

1.16.1

libguestfs 1.16.2

1.16.2

libguestfs 1.16.3

1.16.3

libguestfs 1.16.4

1.16.4

libguestfs 1.16.5

1.16.5

libguestfs 1.16.6

1.16.6

libguestfs 1.16.7

1.16.7

libguestfs 1.16.8

1.16.8

libguestfs 1.16.9

1.16.9

libguestfs 1.16.10

1.16.10

libguestfs 1.16.11

1.16.11

libguestfs 1.16.12

1.16.12

libguestfs 1.16.13

1.16.13

libguestfs 1.16.14

1.16.14

libguestfs 1.16.15

1.16.15

libguestfs 1.16.16

1.16.16

libguestfs 1.16.17

1.16.17

libguestfs 1.16.18

1.16.18

libguestfs 1.16.19

1.16.19

libguestfs 1.16.20

1.16.20

libguestfs 1.16.21

1.16.21

libguestfs 1.16.22

1.16.22

libguestfs 1.16.23

1.16.23

libguestfs 1.16.24

1.16.24

libguestfs 1.16.25

1.16.25

libguestfs 1.16.26

1.16.26

libguestfs 1.17.0

1.17.0

libguestfs 1.17.1

1.17.1

libguestfs 1.17.2

1.17.2

libguestfs 1.17.3

1.17.3

libguestfs 1.17.4

1.17.4

libguestfs 1.17.5

1.17.5

libguestfs 1.17.6

1.17.6

libguestfs 1.17.7

1.17.7

libguestfs 1.17.8

1.17.8

libguestfs 1.17.9

1.17.9

libguestfs 1.17.10

1.17.10

libguestfs 1.17.11

1.17.11

libguestfs 1.17.12

1.17.12

libguestfs 1.17.13

1.17.13

libguestfs 1.17.14

1.17.14

libguestfs 1.17.15

1.17.15

libguestfs 1.17.16

1.17.16

libguestfs 1.17.17

1.17.17

libguestfs 1.17.18

1.17.18

libguestfs 1.17.19

1.17.19

libguestfs 1.17.20

1.17.20

libguestfs 1.17.21

1.17.21

libguestfs 1.17.22

1.17.22

libguestfs 1.17.23

1.17.23

libguestfs 1.17.24

1.17.24

libguestfs 1.17.25

1.17.25

libguestfs 1.17.26

1.17.26

libguestfs 1.17.27

1.17.27

libguestfs 1.17.28

1.17.28

libguestfs 1.17.29

1.17.29

libguestfs 1.17.30

1.17.30

libguestfs 1.17.31

1.17.31

libguestfs 1.17.32

1.17.32

libguestfs 1.17.33

1.17.33

libguestfs 1.17.34

1.17.34

libguestfs 1.17.35

1.17.35

libguestfs 1.17.36

1.17.36

libguestfs 1.17.37

1.17.37

libguestfs 1.17.38

1.17.38

libguestfs 1.17.39

1.17.39

libguestfs 1.17.40

1.17.40

libguestfs 1.17.41

1.17.41

libguestfs 1.17.42

1.17.42

References

RHSA-2012:0774

49431

Vendor Advisory

49545

Vendor Advisory

53932

libguestfs-virtedit-info-disc(76220)

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